: The story is cast in terms of a good side, and a bad side,
: beauty against ruthless ugliness, tyranny against kingship,
: moderated freedom against compulsion that has long lost any
: object save mere power, and so on; but both sides in some
: degree, conservative or destructive, want a measure of control.
: But if you have, as it were taken 'a vow of poverty', renounced
: control, and take delight in things for themselves without
: reference to yourself, watching, observing, and to some extent
: knowing, then the question of the rights and wrongs of power
: and control might become utterly meaningless to you, and the
: means of power quite valueless."

: Can anyone tell me where such letters are kept?

The above citation was taken from THE LETTERS OF J.R.R. TOLKIEN, edited by Humphrey Carpenter. The book was reissued last year, I think, so you should be able to find it by searching Amazon.Com (we have a search box at the bottom of the message board for both Amazon.Com and Amazon.Co.Uk).

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